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Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:20 am
by bradrn
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:08 am I would love to see how that's realised phonetically.
I’m assuming ⟨z w⟩ are both vowels.

I might as well take a guess while I’m posting: Austronesian? Oceanic?

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:26 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
I believe the shifting of [ɨ] > [s~z] is attested in Miyakoan (one of the oddest sound changes I've encountered, at least in my mind), so it the "z" could also be a syllabic consonant; I also suspect the "j" may take on a vocalic realisation.

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:37 am
by Karch
Neither Austronesian nor Oceanic, and no, I don't know the pronunciation of <z>, <w> is however indeed a vowel.

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:01 pm
by Nortaneous
spoken in India and/or Bangladesh?

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:31 pm
by Karch
Nortaneous wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:01 pm spoken in India and/or Bangladesh?
India.

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 2:33 pm
by Vijay
Is it a Munda language?

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 2:53 pm
by Karch
yes

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:36 pm
by Nortaneous
Sora?

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:54 pm
by Karch
Sora.

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:37 pm
by Nortaneous
Na qwbe fe ra zeë biring wo wama nachang o nachang chong, moecheë cha rabah wo be, wo cha rabah é be na ki ne: katukung yi na na‐mungji ning dureë. Wo zoh nade tingchingme ra: katukung nade raboche, ning kira eqwbo, nachang channema kanna‐yire, awa qwbeqwbe nang é ra, nachang zohma na: Fe nachang ra nade tingching, ning kira churung, nachang channema ngni ra; awa dundundi nang é ra, nachang a tohma.

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:43 pm
by Pabappa
Well, it's got a CV(n) syllable structure, /ŋ/ as the realization of the coda nasal before a pause (and perhaps sometimes even before a consonant), an odd looking cluster that Im going to assume is /kpʷ/, and is probably missing all of /s l p g/.

I can't really get much information out of the vowels. But consonants are my only real strong point anyway ....so Im going to guess this is somewhere in Melanesia, and if I must guess something more specific (unless this takes away someone else's guess, in which case, please ignore this), I choose the Koro language of Vanuatu.

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:08 pm
by Nortaneous
Pabappa wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:43 pm I choose the Koro language of Vanuatu.
it's not Koro nor is it Melanesian

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:42 am
by Karch
Damn. Spoken in Africa?

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:48 pm
by Nortaneous
Karch wrote: Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:42 am Damn. Spoken in Africa?
damn. yes

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:07 am
by Karch
Bantoid?

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:14 pm
by Nortaneous
Karch wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:07 amBantoid?
no

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:40 pm
by Karch
Spoken in Nigeria?

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:33 pm
by Nortaneous
Karch wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:40 pm Spoken in Nigeria?
no

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:47 pm
by Vijay
Is it extinct?

Re: Name That Language!

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:06 pm
by Nortaneous
Vijay wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:47 pmIs it extinct?
no